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Poll: Barring unforeseen circumstances, will you still be a translator in 5 years' time? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Barring unforeseen circumstances, will you still be a translator in 5 years' time?".
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 08:05
Member (2006)
German to English
| Most definately | Mar 21, 2013 |
even if I somehow turn into a millionaire
Would do less, but it is great fun and keeps me "fit"
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| Yes, definitely! | Mar 21, 2013 |
I love translating. I invested years into it, and it has become an integral part of my life.
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| Yes definitely ! | Mar 21, 2013 |
I became a freelance translator after working a few years in sales/marketing: it's been a great experience especially because it was abroad but for several reasons I couldn't imagine doing it all my life.
Translation is for me "the best job in the world", I wouldn't change for nothing in the world !!
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| Nearing retirement | Mar 21, 2013 |
In 5 years' time, I may have decided to hang it up. If I won the lottery, I'd probably stop working. Since my chances of winning the lottery aren't very high, I guess I'll still be hammering away at the keyboard.
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David Wright
Austria
Local time: 08:05
German to English
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| Most probably not | Mar 21, 2013 |
I'll be enjoying retirement and probably doing the odd translation for teh sheer hell of it.
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 09:05
Turkish to English
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| I don't know | Mar 21, 2013 |
How could I? I do not feel secure as a translator, though, and I can't help feeling that sooner or later a better opportunity will come along.
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| Probably yes | Mar 21, 2013 |
It is my favourite occupation.
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Hipyan Nopri
Indonesia
Local time: 13:05
Member (2005)
English to Indonesian
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| Absolutely, yes. | Mar 21, 2013 |
Translation was, is, and will definitely be my profession as long as I am capable of translating.
It is only recently that I do business in polycultural, integral coffee plantation to diversify my sources of income. However, I keep accessing the Internet to run my translation business.
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Still going strong, I hope!!
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Mike Sadler (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:05
Spanish to English
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| I certainly hope so | Mar 21, 2013 |
Yetta J Bogarde wrote:
It is my favourite occupation.
I couldn't agree more, Yetta.
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 15:05
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| Haven't a clue ... | Mar 21, 2013 |
But I suppose I will soldier on doing the same old thing. I've got in so deep in now, I wouldn't know how to get myself out.
And, it beats washing dishes, I suppose! 
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 08:05
Member (2009)
English to German
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Teresa Borges wrote:
Still going strong, I hope!!
So do I.
It's simply too enjoyable to quit. Why give up a good thing for... whatever?
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Allison Wright (X)
Portugal
Local time: 07:05
| I certainly hope so. | Mar 21, 2013 |
All things being equal, I cannot think of any reason to stop translating. By contrast, there are plenty of reasons to carry on.
Stray thought: If I win the lottery, I may enter into a partnership with one agency I work with so that anyone who does work for that agency gets paid ridiculously high rates, irrespective of what the agency charges the client. If wishes were horses...
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